Proportion of youth and adults that used copy and paste tools to duplicate or move data, information and content in digital environments (e.g. within a document, between devices, on the cloud), both sexes (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
54
Highest
100.0%
United Arab Emirates
Lowest
12.0%
Cote d'Ivoire
Median
55.0%
Years covered
14
2011–2024
Data points
381
What the numbers show
Proportion of youth and adults that used copy and paste tools to duplicate or move data, information and content in digital environments (e.g. within a document, between devices, on the cloud), both sexes (%) is currently reported for 54 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in United Arab Emirates; the lowest is 12.0% in Cote d'Ivoire.
The median across all reporting countries is 55.0%, and the mean is 54.0%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.
Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 25 fell. The largest increase was in Egypt (up 775.0%), and the largest decrease in Ecuador (down 32.5%).
Proportion of youth and adults that used copy and paste tools to: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 100.0% | 2023 | up 65.0% | rising |
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 100.0% | 2023 | up 39.9% | rising |
| 3 | South Korea | 95.4% | 2023 | up 54.4% | rising |
| 4 | Bahrain | 93.8% | 2023 | up 73.7% | rising |
| 5 | Croatia | 78.6% | 2023 | up 61.1% | rising |
| 6 | Malaysia | 77.7% | 2023 | up 46.9% | rising |
| 7 | Azerbaijan | 76.8% | 2023 | up 47.7% | rising |
| 8 | Netherlands | 72.5% | 2019 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 9 | Finland | 69.2% | 2016 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 10 | Denmark | 68.5% | 2016 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 11 | Austria | 68.3% | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 12 | Belgium | 66.0% | 2023 | up 8.2% | flat |
| 13 | Japan | 65.6% | 2022 | — | rising |
| 14 | Iceland | 65.0% | 2021 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 15 | Spain | 63.8% | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 16 | Hong Kong | 63.5% | 2023 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 17 | Luxembourg | 62.9% | 2023 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 18 | Norway | 61.0% | 2023 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 19 | United Kingdom | 60.7% | 2017 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 20 | Egypt | 59.5% | 2022 | up 775.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Greece | 58.9% | 2023 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 22 | Slovakia | 58.7% | 2023 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 23 | Sweden | 57.8% | 2023 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 24 | Germany | 57.3% | 2019 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 25 | Singapore | 57.2% | 2023 | up 51.7% | rising |
| 26 | Morocco | 56.5% | 2021 | up 61.9% | rising |
| 27 | Czechia | 55.3% | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 28 | Estonia | 54.6% | 2021 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 29 | Qatar | 54.2% | 2020 | up 61.8% | rising |
| 30 | Italy | 53.9% | 2023 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 31 | Lithuania | 53.4% | 2023 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 32 | Ireland | 53.0% | 2020 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 33 | Malta | 52.5% | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 34 | Hungary | 52.1% | 2019 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 35 | Slovenia | 51.0% | 2023 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 36 | Latvia | 48.0% | 2019 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 37 | Cyprus | 47.9% | 2019 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 38 | Uzbekistan | 45.1% | 2023 | up 133.7% | rising |
| 39 | Brazil | 43.9% | 2023 | up 80.7% | rising |
| 40 | Bulgaria | 41.5% | 2023 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 41 | Belarus | 41.4% | 2023 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 42 | Russia | 38.8% | 2023 | up 70.9% | rising |
| 43 | Portugal | 38.5% | 2023 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 44 | Colombia | 37.6% | 2023 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 45 | Romania | 32.5% | 2023 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 46 | Georgia | 31.8% | 2023 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 47 | Mexico | 29.7% | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 48 | Albania | 28.9% | 2023 | — | rising |
| 49 | Turkey | 27.5% | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 50 | Thailand | 22.6% | 2020 | up 413.6% | volatile |
| 51 | Ecuador | 20.8% | 2024 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 52 | Kazakhstan | 16.2% | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 53 | Jamaica | 16.0% | 2021 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 54 | Cote d'Ivoire | 12.0% | 2023 | up 15.4% | rising |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release